An analysis of funding allocations for staff and research degree completions in the Performance-Based Research Fund Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 Analysis showed that when the PBRF is fully implemented there will be significant funding attracted by high performing researchers for their TEOs. There is now a significant…
Review of parenting programmes Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 Research shows that parent support and development programmes, especially as part of overall strategies to address family concerns, can make a positive difference. This review looks…
The measurement of the research performance of Tertiary Education Organisations: An analysis of the impact of weightings in the Performance-Based Research Fund Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 Analysis of the methodology used to assign quality categories in the 2003 quality evaluation found that the actual level of variation in the research performance of…
Pasifika Achievement: High Level Analysis Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 This paper focuses on 2004 data with some reference to 2002 and 2003 data. The paper begins with key findings, some background information and a description…
The Impact of Family and Community Resources on Student Outcomes: An Assessment of the International Literature with Implications for New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 This review, which is one of the literature reviews commissioned as part of the Strategic Research Initiative, examines the impact of family and community resources on…
The Effects of Curricula and Assessment on Pedagogical Approaches and on Educational Outcomes Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 This review analyses the literature on the effects of curricula and assessment on pedagogical approaches and educational outcomes, i.e. student achievement. The review looks at whether…
Quality Teaching: How an Evidence-Based Approach Can Help Last Publication Date: 24 May 2005 This is a keynote address to the Australian Curriculum Studies Association Forum "Quality teachers: Quality teaching - Creating a new agenda for action by practitioners, researchers and…
Communications Centres Service Centre Independent External Review - Final Report Last Publication Date: 12 May 2005 The operational effectiveness and efficiency of the New Zealand Police Communications Centres Service Centre (CCSC) have been questioned following a number of high profile incidents. As…
Suicide Prevention in New Zealand - A contemporary perspective: Social explanations for suicide in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 02 May 2005 In 2001, the Ministry commissioned a series of studies exploring a range of social epidemiological explanations for the trends in New Zealand's suicide rates to 1999. In…
Suicide Prevention: A review of evidence of risk and protective factors, and points of effective intervention Last Publication Date: 02 May 2005 This review was commissioned by the Ministry to help inform its development of the draft New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy, which was released April 27 2005…
